No Action Will Be Taken Against RCB IPL Team Company, Event Firm DNA Till Thursday In Bengaluru Stampede FIR: State Tells Karnataka High Court

While hearing pleas by Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL)–which manages RCB IPL team and event management firm DNA Entertainment Ltd to quash FIR against them in connection with the Bengaluru stampede, the Karnataka High Court on Monday took note of Advocate General's oral assurance that no precipitative action will be taken as the matters are pending. After hearing the...

Karnataka High Court Calls For Review Of Motor Vehicles Act, Addition Of Definitions On Vehicle Classification & Toll Collection

The Karnataka High Court directed the Union Ministry of Surface Transport, to undertake a review of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and insert appropriate clarificatory definitions, to address the evolving complexities of vehicular classifications and toll collection.A single judge, Justice M Nagaprasanna said, “The legislative framework especially the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 calls for...

DNA Entertainment Ltd Moves Karnataka High Court For Quashing Of FIRs Over Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede

A petition has been filed in the Karnataka High Court by M/s DNA Entertainement Networks Private Limited, seeking to quash the three FIR's registered against it following the stampede that took place near the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru ahead of the victory celebration of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.DNA Networks were implicated in the case due...

RCB IPL Team Company Moves Karnataka High Court To Quash FIR Over Bengaluru Stampede Deaths During Victory Celebrations

Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL) and its Chief Operating Officer Rajesh V Menon which manages Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IPL team, have approached the Karnataka High Court to quash an FIR's registered against them following the Bengaluru stampede ahead of an event to celebrate RCB's 2025 IPL victory.In its petition it is said that after "extensive discussions" held...

Bengaluru Stampede: Karnataka High Court Declines Interim Relief From Arrest To RCB's Marketing Head Nikhil Sosale

The Karnataka High Court has adjourned a plea filed by Marketing and Revenue head of RCB Nikhil Sosale challenging his arrest by the Bengaluru Police in the early hours of Friday (6th June).Though the court prima facie opined that an FIR was enough to make the arrest, noting that the matter involved personal liberty of an individual, the court adjourned the case to Monday.Sosale had argued...

Chinnaswamy Stampede Case : High Court Stays Arrest Of Karnataka Cricket Association Officials

The Karnataka High Court has asked the State police to not take any precipitative action against the Karnataka State Cricket Association in connection with the stampede that took place near the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru ahead of the victory celebration of Royal Challengers Banglore (RCB) in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Justice S R Krishna Kumar asked the authorities to not take...

Bengaluru Stampede: RCB's Marketing Head Nikhil Sosale Approaches Karnataka High Court Challenging Arrest

Marketing and Revenue Head of the Royal Challengers Banglore (RCB), Nikhil Sosale has approached the Karnataka High Court challenging his arrest in connection with the stampede that occured near the Chinnaswamy stadium ahead of RCB's victory celebration. Sosale was arrested by the Bengaluru Police in the early hours of June 6th (Friday).He has contended that the arrest was illegal, arbitraty...

KSCA Approaches Karnataka High Court Seeking To Quash Case Over Stampede Outside Chinnaswamy Stadium

A petition has been filed in the Karnataka High Court by the Managing Committee of Karnataka State Cricket Association, Bangalore and its office bearers, seeking to quash the FIR filed by the Cubbon Park police station against it following the stampede that occurred on Wednesday, outside the Chinnaswamy stadium, in which 11 people died.A single judge, Justice S R Krishna Kumar is likely to...

'Rashness Must Be Assessed On Case-To-Case Basis': Karnataka High Court Acquits Man Convicted For Causing Death Of Motorcyclist By Rash Driving

Observing that “rashness and negligence are multi-faceted concepts which cannot be comprehended and interpreted in isolation, it significantly depends on facts and circumstances of each case,” the Karnataka High Court recently acquitted an accused convicted for driving his car rashly and causing the death of a motorcyclist.Justice Rajesh Rai K, while allowing a revision petition filed by...

Karnataka High Court Directs State To Ask IISc About Timeline Needed To Carry Out Study On Impact Of Blasting Near KRS Dam

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government to get instructions from the Indian Institute of Science as to in how much time they would carry out the scientific study to assess the impact of blasting within 20-kilometre radius of Krishnaraja Sagara dam, popularly known as KRS dam. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice V M Kameshwar Rao and Justice C M Joshi passed...

Karnataka High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Bengaluru Stampede During Celebrations Of RCB's 2025 IPL Victory

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (June 5) took suo motu cognizance of the Bengaluru stampede that occurred on Wednesday outside the Chinnaswamy stadium ahead of an event to celebrate Royal Challenger Bangalore's (RCB) victory at the 2025 IPL Final. In doing so the court issued notice to the Karnataka Government to ascertain cause of the tragedy and how to prevent it in future. Reportedly...

Named Arbitrator In Notice U/S 21 Of A&C Act Can't Pass Orders Without Consent Of Other Party Or Order Of Appointment U/S 11: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj has held that a person who is the named Arbitrator in a notice issued under Section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, cannot enter reference and pass orders without the other person consenting thereto or without an order of appointment of Arbitrator by institution or a Court under Section 11 of...